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Congestive Heart Failure And Quality Of Life: Can Patient Education Make A Difference?, Mary Beth Perniz Jan 1997

Congestive Heart Failure And Quality Of Life: Can Patient Education Make A Difference?, Mary Beth Perniz

Master's Projects

Congestive heart failure is a widely prevalent sequel to other chronic medical and cardiovascular conditions. It is of growing concern to nurse practitioners in the primary care setting. Quality of life, as perceived by an individual, is directly affected while living with a chronic terminal illness. This pilot project conducted in a solo medical practice examines the effect of a patient education program on the quality of life of patients living with congestive heart failure. Basic patient education regarding anatomy, physiology, daily body weights, medication management, sodium restriction, regular exercise, and stress reduction was taught to a sample of patients …

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Evaluation Of Nurse Practitioner Management Of Obese Patients, Sevasti Simotas Jan 1997

Evaluation Of Nurse Practitioner Management Of Obese Patients, Sevasti Simotas

Master's Projects

The purpose of this research project was to study current practice behaviors of adult and family nurse practitioners when evaluating and managing obese patients. Forty-three nurse practitioners were surveyed by questionnaire. Study results indicated that nurses• assessment of obesity was limited in the areas of body mass index measurement and co-morbid condition assessment. In addition, the nurse practitioners studied did not discuss adjusting caloric intake to support patients' caloric needs. The discussion of caloric intake versus caloric needs in conjunction with portion control is important to ensure weight loss success. The knowledge gained from this research may increase nurse practitioners' …

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The Relationship Of Parenting In Responsibility To A School-Age Child's Locus Of Control., Willie Mae D Jackson Jan 1997

The Relationship Of Parenting In Responsibility To A School-Age Child's Locus Of Control., Willie Mae D Jackson

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Personal And Financial Costs To Family Systems Providing Informal Home Care For Rural Elders With Alzheimer's Disease., Jeanette L. Vander Meer Jan 1997

Personal And Financial Costs To Family Systems Providing Informal Home Care For Rural Elders With Alzheimer's Disease., Jeanette L. Vander Meer

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Music: An Intervention For Pain During Chest Tube Removal After Open Heart Surgery., Sharon Kay Broscious Jan 1997

Music: An Intervention For Pain During Chest Tube Removal After Open Heart Surgery., Sharon Kay Broscious

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The Impact Of Social Support And Meaning And Purpose In Life On Quality Of Life Of Spousal Caregivers Of Persons With Dementia., Virignia Dare Domico Jan 1997

The Impact Of Social Support And Meaning And Purpose In Life On Quality Of Life Of Spousal Caregivers Of Persons With Dementia., Virignia Dare Domico

All ETDs from UAB

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Low-Income Mothers With And Without Intellectual Disability: Interactions In Contextual Environments., Lillian A. Wise Jan 1997

Low-Income Mothers With And Without Intellectual Disability: Interactions In Contextual Environments., Lillian A. Wise

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Quality Disconfirmation As A Predictor Of Patient Satisfaction Of Nursing Service In Selected Units In Taiwan, Republic Of China., Shieu-Ming Chou Jan 1997

Quality Disconfirmation As A Predictor Of Patient Satisfaction Of Nursing Service In Selected Units In Taiwan, Republic Of China., Shieu-Ming Chou

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The Effects Of Collaborative Nursing Care Delivery On The Self-Care Behaviors And Coping Patterns Of Rural Cancer Patients., Ayda Gan Nambayan Jan 1997

The Effects Of Collaborative Nursing Care Delivery On The Self-Care Behaviors And Coping Patterns Of Rural Cancer Patients., Ayda Gan Nambayan

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Adolescent Mothers' Experience With Infant Health Care Utilization., Kimberly Lynn Ray Jan 1997

Adolescent Mothers' Experience With Infant Health Care Utilization., Kimberly Lynn Ray

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The Meaning Of Hope To Family Caregivers Of Children With Sickle Cell Anemia., Linda R Summerville Forte Jan 1997

The Meaning Of Hope To Family Caregivers Of Children With Sickle Cell Anemia., Linda R Summerville Forte

All ETDs from UAB

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Hardiness, Social Support, Uncertainty, And Adjustment In Women Clinically Free Of Breast Cancer., Lola Angelise Davis Jan 1997

Hardiness, Social Support, Uncertainty, And Adjustment In Women Clinically Free Of Breast Cancer., Lola Angelise Davis

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Use Of American Diabetic Association's National Standards For Diabetes Self-Management Education Programs Among Clinics In Kentucky., Barbara A. Baker Jan 1997

Use Of American Diabetic Association's National Standards For Diabetes Self-Management Education Programs Among Clinics In Kentucky., Barbara A. Baker

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Death, Dying, And End-Of-Life Care: Nurse Educators' Prescription For Nursing Education, Carmencita C. Mercado-Poe Jan 1997

Death, Dying, And End-Of-Life Care: Nurse Educators' Prescription For Nursing Education, Carmencita C. Mercado-Poe

Theses and Dissertations

Education on death, dying, bereavement, and end-of-life care is a vital component of the basic preparation of the registered nurse. Yet, practicing nurses continue to report that programs offered in nursing schools do not prepare them adequately to provide comprehensive care to the dying. An explanation given in the literature is that some nurse educators do not value the inclusion of death education in the nursing curriculum. These educators argue that the current curricula are already too full and that skills related to the care of the dying are not as important as life-sustaining skills. They believe that skills related …

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Hazard Communication: A Review Of The Science Underpinning The Art Of Communication For Health And Safety, Barbara Sattler, B Lippy, T Jordan Jan 1997

Hazard Communication: A Review Of The Science Underpinning The Art Of Communication For Health And Safety, Barbara Sattler, B Lippy, T Jordan

Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications

This report was commissioned by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration to review the state of scientific inquiry supporting our knowledge regarding key elements of chemical hazard communication programs: labeling, warnings, material safety data sheets, and worker training. This endeavor supports the international effort to harmonize laws, regulations, and consensus standards affecting the ways in which information about hazardous chemicals is communicated. The international effort can be divided into three major functions: classifying health and environmental hazards, classifying physical hazards; and communicating hazard information. This last component involves the determination of what information will be communicated to users …

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Knowledge, Attitudes, Health Beliefs, And Locus Of Control Of Males Related To Prostate Cancer Prevention., Ashley Sanders Mccord Jan 1997

Knowledge, Attitudes, Health Beliefs, And Locus Of Control Of Males Related To Prostate Cancer Prevention., Ashley Sanders Mccord

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Exploring Access To Data In Nursing Research., Lynn Marie Carlton Jan 1997

Exploring Access To Data In Nursing Research., Lynn Marie Carlton

All ETDs from UAB

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An Ethnographic Study Of Family Health In Appalachian Microsystems., Sharon Ann Denham Jan 1997

An Ethnographic Study Of Family Health In Appalachian Microsystems., Sharon Ann Denham

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Self-Esteem, Coping And Attitude Toward Menopause Among Older Rural Southern Women., Herma Joyce Taylor Jan 1997

Self-Esteem, Coping And Attitude Toward Menopause Among Older Rural Southern Women., Herma Joyce Taylor

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The Experience Of Hearing Loss In Older Women: Patterns Of Human Becoming., Lavin Reed Rowe Jan 1997

The Experience Of Hearing Loss In Older Women: Patterns Of Human Becoming., Lavin Reed Rowe

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Mending A Torn Fish Net: Parse's Theory-Guided Research On The Lived Experience Of Hope, Ching-Eng Hsieh Wang Jan 1997

Mending A Torn Fish Net: Parse's Theory-Guided Research On The Lived Experience Of Hope, Ching-Eng Hsieh Wang

Dissertations

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Persisting While Wanting To Change: Research Guided By Parse's Theory, Florence Beryl Pilkington Jan 1997

Persisting While Wanting To Change: Research Guided By Parse's Theory, Florence Beryl Pilkington

Dissertations

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The Influence Of Physical Activity On Perimenopause, Suling Li Jan 1997

The Influence Of Physical Activity On Perimenopause, Suling Li

Dissertations

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Too Familiar For Words: An Analysis Of "Invisible" Nursing Work, Frances R. Vlasses Jan 1997

Too Familiar For Words: An Analysis Of "Invisible" Nursing Work, Frances R. Vlasses

Dissertations

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The Phenomenology Of Being Restrained, Mary Elizabeth Johnson Jan 1997

The Phenomenology Of Being Restrained, Mary Elizabeth Johnson

Dissertations

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Coping Processes Used By Mothers Of Triplets, Susan Mullen Kaplan Jan 1997

Coping Processes Used By Mothers Of Triplets, Susan Mullen Kaplan

Health Services Research Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to identify and describe the coping processes used by mothers of triplets. Using a descriptive design, interpersonal comparisons of 92 mothers of triplets attending a national meeting of families of higher order multiples were made. Variables, in addition to sociodemographic characteristics, included coping processes, levels of depression, perceived availability of social support, and current stress levels. Coping processes were measured using the Ways of Coping Questionnaire (Folkman & Lazarus, 1988), derived from their cognitive-phenomenological theory of stress and coping. Level of depression was measured using the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale (Zung, 1965). Perceived availability …

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The Flame, Winter-Spring 1997, Mennonite College Of Nursing Jan 1997

The Flame, Winter-Spring 1997, Mennonite College Of Nursing

The Flame (1985-present)

The Flame is a newsletter of Illinois State University's Mennonite College of Nursing

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The Ms. Stereotype : Could It Be A Health Risk?, Phillip Van Der Klift Jan 1997

The Ms. Stereotype : Could It Be A Health Risk?, Phillip Van Der Klift

Theses : Honours

Two studies extend previous findings of stereotyping (a) within the nursing context (Ganong, 1993; Ganong & Coleman, 1992, Ganong et al., 1988), and (b) in relation to female title of address (Dion, 1987; Dion & Cota, 1991; Dion & Schuller, 1991; Heilder, 1975). Against the theoretical background of person perception theory and its influence upon the therapeutic nurse client relationship, study 1 investigates the extent to which nurses' stereotype a vignetted female client on the basis of title of address. Fifty registered nurses from two hospitals rated their impressions and subsequent expectations of a vignetted client on the First Impressions …

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The Lived Experiences Of Single Teenage Mothers In Botswana : A Phenomenological Study, Tshepiso D. Mojapelo Jan 1997

The Lived Experiences Of Single Teenage Mothers In Botswana : A Phenomenological Study, Tshepiso D. Mojapelo

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This study was designed to explore-the lived-experiences of single teenage mothers in Botswana, as perceived by them. The participants were teenage mothers who had to leave school due.to pregnancy. They had either completed year one in secondary school or were in year two. Their ages ranged between 16 and 19 years. The ages of their babies range from five to 10 months, with the exception of one child who was three years old. All teenage mothers came from low socio-economic backgrounds with families whose parents were either not working, or were working in the lowest paying jobs as cleaners or …

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Lymphoedema Following Surgery For Breast Cancer, Jacqueline Lord Jan 1997

Lymphoedema Following Surgery For Breast Cancer, Jacqueline Lord

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Lymphoedema of the ipsilateral upper limb is one of the most significant long term complications of the surgical treatment of breast cancer and may be described as a life sentence of bodily disfigurement. The resultant cosmetic disfigurement, physical discomfort and reduced physical mobility combined with the psychological sequelae, far exceeds the original expectations of the breast surgery patient (Tobin, Lacey, Meyer, and Mortimer, 1993). It is estimated that one hundred thousand women in Australia have developed lymphoedema (or will develop it before they die) as a result of mastectomy and radiotherapy alone (Casley-Smith, 1992). In breast cancer patients, lymphoedema can …

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